Imagine waking back up stuck in an air pocket trapped in an underwater cave. Terrifying

My dad was featured on Rescue 911 for saving a family from a burning house. He was burned severely and lost every stitch of hair but saved every one of them. My dad passed last year but he will be my hero forever. Miss ya pop

What are the chances that the cave diver who mapped out that cave also just happens to have all his equipment with him at that moment. Wow!

I bet you, if that cave diver was ever unsure about always taking full cave gear with him, he sure as hell didn't doubt it after saving 2 people's lives

As a Paramedic, it amazes me, when regular people, with minimal training, but the desire to do something, anything. That is what I find truly heroic. This is an amazing story.

He didn’t say he “happened to have his gear” he said he “carries his gear with him” so always.

Honestly mad respect to the instructor for not following after while not cave certified

Woody carrying his gear in his truck going to a picnic, what a legend. He deserves the Gold Lifesaving Medal.

This channel is seriously a gem. Been loving your content and I'm not even a diver haha keep it up y'all!

When Woody handed the second man the air it almost made me start to cry. What a hero!! All of these people are amazing!

The selflessness of that woody fella blew my mind. When he dropped the first guy off and said he had to To go back down gave me a little more hope in humanity. Thanks for sharing these stories with us. I'm not a diver and in fact am scared to death of any body of water, keep up the great work.

I used to watch Rescue 911 as a kid. It still makes my eyes misty. It's very well done. Blows many of today's similar shows right out of the water, pun intended.

This one gave me chills. The nerve on him to go up, try and signal and get their air clean. "I gotta go back" true selfless hero. Thanks for this one guys, like and comment for the algorithm as always! Thanks for the time and excellent entertainment fellas

This is crazy, I can't believe they a) went in there after saying they would go out, and b) that they had an angel on the surface who just happened to know the cave well AND have all his gear ready and on hand... Incredible that they didn't all die. Woody is a hero.

I like how even with all his thousands of dives worth of experience, Woody still asks Gus questions with a special glimmer in his eyes. That passion and genuine intrigue is so awesome to see.

This has happened to me as well and it's a really tough in so many levels. We were diving in an open-pit mining that is closed since many years. Its a great place to dive because of fresh spring water coming up from the bottom and there is very clear vis there. It's also a very popular place for swimming and go to chill down hot summer days. There young boys were playing and jumping off the cliffs and swam quite far out. Suddenly one of the boys go under and isn't coming up. We were in the other pit and suddenly a guy is calling for us and wants out attention and help. We didn't hasitate to try to help out. I as the most experienced pulled everyone together to try to make a quick plan and what search system to use but the other divers didn't really understood what I talked about because they were newly certified ow-divers. We jumped in but due to their inexperience and being very stressed they kicked up so much silt and the vis was absolut zero. Even if we knew where he went down we couldn't find him. It's was later revealed that we were at the correct place but he was stuck under a big boulder or cliff. If this happens to you please try to do a simple rescue plan and follow it. If you feel anxious and stressed don't do it. I honestly would rather had done the rescue attempt myself because of my buddies being way to inexperienced. Also remember it often very hard to see people that have drowned because they die in absolute panic and their eyes are wide open, so avoid eye contact at any cost. If it comes to retrieving a body, just don't do it if you don't have the right education. It's really hard if the vis is bad and the only way to find them is to feel them. It's not nice to feel bloated and has started to decompose. I did this because I'm a former paramedic and knew I would have a chance to resuscitate the boy and I have seen plenty of dead people and been trained to treat sick and dying people and take care of deceased. I give absolutely props to people that wants to help out but sometimes the best help is to stay on the surface and help out from there. Also if you feel it too much for you or you can't handle it, don't do it! We don't want 2 bodies to retrieve. Also this rescue is amazing and so many of the odds were on their side that day. Thanks for the upload and the reaction.

Those 2 boys lucked out, very tragic for the one! This is the type of video that all people need to see before getting certified for open water. Just like when you go to get your drivers license and they make you watch a tragedy video from car accidents. Something for people to remember and fear. Keep the great Videos coming!

I love that staying alive is the universal reference when teaching someone what speed to do chest compressions.

That rescue was truly amazing. Huge kudos to him for going down again and again for these guys. And they were so incredibly lucky there was an experienced cave diver there as well as an air pocket. Seriously, what are the odds. On a different note - the people doing CPR and trying to revive the guys also did a great job. So many good choices made there. Reacting like that in an emergency... Because of life guard training I've learned first aid very intensively, but luckily never had to use it like this. My mum brought someone back with CPR once, though. That sure made everyone emotional.

I think the reason people really like these duo commentaries from you guys is the fact you two share a connection not many people have. It's very admirable. Edit: It makes so much sense that Woody's idol is Captain Kirk, he shares that unwavering desire for the truth.

How can you ever thank this man enough! Unbelievable courage to mount a rescue alone and in the moment make such good decisions. Wow.

I remember 5 to 1. Got my first C.P.R. card in 78. Got my first A.C.L.S. card in 84. These guys are so lucky people were on the scene who knew cpr. I think cpr should be required to graduate high school. Great commentary fella's. Im an old Kirk and Spock trekie too!

This was an incredibly well told story, especially for the typically ridiculously over dramatized 90’s tv docudramas. The commentary you two have is also very entertaining even as someone who is not a diver, only been recreational shallow water once on vacation. However you do a great job of explaining proper process and procedures in a way non-divers can understand and how an inherently risky activity can be made relatively safe by following them.

I love Gus's enthusiasm in this one! I'm used to Woody coming in with the energy but Gus really shines in this one! The passion is perfect.

This is the best of unseen content on KZfaq, these guys put great effort into these vids, and provide real world info. 3.6k subscribers should be 100k or more, keep these up they serve real purpose in the world!

You get a 100 on CPR knowledge! I knew you could do it but it's great to see people who don't put hands on people that often remember skills. - Combat Corpsman, BLS instructor

In 2014 in Germany it required 700 rescuers to get an injured and unconscious cave scientist out of a cave from a depth of 3.200 feet and over a distance of 6 miles. It took the team 1 whole day to climb down to him and another 10 days in total darkness to pull him up to the entrence of the cave by hand.

11:43 this guy a hero. This would be the equivalent of rolling a 20 on a 20 sided dice for finding a rescue in time so there is luck involved here in finding such a diver.

KZfaq algorithm put this on my suggested feed even though I know absolutely nothing about diving. Here I am 3 days later after having watched every video you've done so far. The knowledge you guys have and the enthusiasm for the sport make this some high quality content, well done! Personally I've liked the videos with real emergencies (like this one) the most. Think you'll get a low of viewers very quickly here.

Not a diver, but completely enjoy your content. Thank you!

Wow...What an incredible story. It was sad that the last guy didn't make it. But the fact that the guy who mapped the cave was there & didnt hesitate for a sec to rescue these guys is just incredible.

After watching Thirteen Lives, about the Thai cave rescue, I entered a rabbit hole of cave diving videos. I know nothing about diving nor cave diving and I find your videos highly informative and very well made even from a layman's prospective. Thank you!

Would never cave dive but have read and watched enough on it to learn about frog kicks. I actually frog kick while cruising above a reef(I am a photographer) and it helps me avoid kicking the reef, sponges, coral etc. I’m deathly afraid of overhead environments

I’m new to your channel. This is the best video I have seen yet. It perfectly highlights the difference between an experienced, cave certified diver and an untrained novice. I am just a recreational open water diver, but I’m an ER doctor so I have a bit of insight into the medical side of this story. Hyperbaric chambers can be used to treat drowning victims, even if decompression sickness is not a major problem. A major consequence of drowning is that the lungs become saturated and inflamed. This makes it difficult for oxygen to cross from air to blood in the lung. Due to this, doctors will have to use higher pressure ventilator settings to get oxygen to cross, and that will damage the lung tissue further and make it even more stiff. As you know, in a hyperbaric chamber at higher pressures there are vastly more oxygen molecules per volume of gas. This allows oxygenation with lower volumes of gas, reducing the lung damage. At higher pressures there is also diffusion of oxygen into tissues (most importantly the brain but all organs). On a dive this is a problem but in a hospital it can be a treatment for a patient whose injured lungs cannot keep up with the demand.. There could have been some concern for decompression sickness but the chamber was likely used more for this reason.

It was very funny to find out it was a reenactment after the guy goes: "Wow his son looks exactly like him!" No dude that's your friend in very old footage 🤣🤣🤣

The fact that any of them survived is insane. The luck of woody not only being there but having his tanks on him and could go down immediately the odds are astronomically tiny. Talk about a guardian angel.

Never have made a dive in my life, but recently came upon your channel out of the blue and have binged watched a lot of the videos. This one had my heart racing! Thanks for the content!

Great work guys. I can't even imagine being on that situation, I have had scary moments as a diver not for me being stupid or taking stupid decisions but because of a poor instructor I remember that really got me scarred was diving a plane wreck at 140ft down right after our Nitrox class the instructor decided that we had to dive at 140ft with Nitrox 32 with a PO2 of 1.6 I was the only one who measured the oxygen present in the tank and I set my dive computer for a 1.4 PO2 when I was going down I got the alert of my computer and I went back up fighting against a strong current in the middle of the ocean and I surface about a couple miles away from the boat, that instructor could have killed 15 divers that day pushing recreational divers to 140ft with Nitrox 32... thankfully no one suffered any injuries but they could have been... It is hard when you are new and you are trusting your life in an instructor that can't even follow the book...

Dude that story is insane what a legend Woody is! Shame this isn't known by a lot more people. Deserves some serious medals

i’m not a diver in the slightest, but I love watching these

Amazing that Woody didn’t even think twice about going down to help divers who needed his help. True hero.

Woody seems like the kind of friend we all wish we had. Total legend.

You’re not going to believe this! I REMEMBER watching this exact episode when I was a kid! Specifically, the two divers up in the air pocket and the rescue diver holding the regulator up to them reviving one. My family would gather on the couch every week to watch every episode of Rescue 911. Thank you for your chats!

I wish you guys know how much I appreciate this video. I couldn't compose myself to write about it before but discussing this rescue gave me so much information in case where's a drowning victim. My father, who was the one who taught me to swim, drowned during the visit he came to see me, before he saw me. His body was found 7 days later. Where I used to live, the sea can be very dangerous, especially if one underestimates the sand dips and currents. He drowned less than 5 meters away from the shore... and as a kid, I used to witness swimmers calling for help.

Wow, I'd forgotten that Mr Shatner hosted this show way back then. Another great video guys, thanks for posting.

As a first aid instructor I tell students 30:2 for cpr/rescue breaths. 100-120BPM (baby shark is good as when you finish a verse, it’s time for breaths)

I just saw a Woody Jasper interview and he said the reason he kept his equipment in his truck was just practicality. He didn’t feel like unloading and reloading that stuff every time he wanted to dive or the tanks needed refilling. He fashioned the back of his vehicle to keep his rigging there at all times. Loved his interview! Seems like a super cool dude with a ton of stories! Those divers have no idea how lucky they were to have a man like him within shouting distance.

This is amazing!! What a miracle for even 2 of the boys to survive. I just found your channel after watching your reaction to Mr. Ballen video's. Will keep watching for more!!

This man Woody deserves a National Medal for his bravery. 👋I've never seen anything like it and I'm 63.

Seeing a new video from y'all is an instant click every time. Keep it up!

That was amazing. I'm so glad 'other' Woody finally got to bring two out who survived. Unfortuantely, they paid a heavy price for being a bit silly to say the least. RIP to the diver who lost his life that day. G'day Gus n Woody, and everyone here, slowly working my way through all your episodes. You are both awesome at what you do.🙌🏼❣

My Kindle almost broke I was holding it so tightly from nerves!! What heroes to go in there and saving strangers. Everything fit together. Wow. You guys are so respectful and knowledgeable. So glad I found your channel.

I'm not a diver, but I've become a fan of the channel. Keep on keeping on y'all! 🇺🇲🤘🏼

Always a pleasure to hear Gus and Woody explaining every part of this complicated sport. Not sure I'd ever want to qualify for cave diving, but I love watching them explain it!

What a hero. Guy is like superman; even when he's doing casual things, he keeps his superhero costume around just in case. Those divers experienced the equivalent of winning the lottery in terms of probability.

I have learned so much as a non diver watching this channel. I went from thinking all divers are nuts to gaining a real respect for the sport and the professionals who do it. Thank you guys for teaching me something I knew nothing about.

At 13:20, Woody says: "I carry all my gear with me", which means always. He did not just happen to have it that day.

I remember this when it was originally broadcast on TV. I still don't know how Woody made it into that cave with all that equipment along with the massive set of balls it takes to do that in the first place. Luckiest divers ever, that he just happened to be there with all his gear.

I have serious claustrophobia and asthma so I won't be diving ever. If I could, I would but I can't so I watch this channel. Thank you 😊

Everyone who dives these caves are so brave! Thank you for all you do to help us discover and learn about our planet.

Love that i found this channel. Hearing and learning about these stories is so fascinating. I’ve only open water diced and have no wish to ever cave dive. If I ever did, it would have to be with one of you with me 😅

Non-diver here. I love it when woody stops the videos. He is a bank of knowledge. He takes his time to give out his accurate assessment of certain situations. Keep stopping those videos Woody!

I started off watching a titanic documentary and ended up here, thank God, truly a gem of a channel and have been binge watching since yesterday morning

The undeserved yet greatly appreciated luck that a _cave_ trained diver was that close and *had his gear ready enough to dive!* Let alone one who was familiar with this exact cav? Unreal. Amazing that the divers hadn't gotten very separated. Imagine this scenario if one, just one, had gone down the other passage in the confusion. Two of them being found together but not stuck was a boon too. Thanks for your amazing share.

This is a highly educative channel, makes me want to look into diving myself. This channel will BLOW UP soon!

I remember seeing that episode years ago. Before I was ever certified. But it's stuck with me all these years.

Had to watch that again!! Let's take a minute and give props to Bob for kicking off the rescue. He wasted zero time... divers down? Yup. Cave certified? Nope... and he was in a full sprint for help. Incredible reaction. I mean this was in real time, no second guessing himself, no sticking around to see if they pop out in a minute or two. You guys do point it out, but i think the actual rescue dive overshadows this major detail as the video goes unwinds.

I know I’ll never dive anywhere unless it’s my pool but it’s hard to express the level of respect I have for all divers, especially in situations like these. Mind blowing to think how much mental and physical strength you need to do rescues. Legend!

Holy shit this is amazing. From the days before Nitrox might have been available to help on shore. Perfect timing for my rescue diver course next week.

I found your channel about five hours ago and have been binging in reverse order. I absolutely LOVE finding gems like this channel on KZfaq! Thanks so much for the awesome content!! Subscribed!

The first time i tried a scuba tank was when i was a kid, on vacation, in Spain. The pool was only 10 ft. I was a beast of a swimmer but the reg felt so alien and weird, so panic ensued hahaa. I cant imagine being 100ft down. I respect you guys greatly. You have huge balls.

Hello you two, it always pleases me to see your reactions to such videos. I myself am a German rescue diver and can only confirm that any rescue whether diver or civilian is very difficult and deserves great personal respect. I am glad that everything went so smoothly. Keep it up you two I look forward to the next videos. With kind regards from Germany and "good air" as they say here

I would love to know more about Woody

If you've never watched it would be great to see you guys to watch "Cave Diving Story" by Sid Perou, especially one of the first 2 episodes when they are still developing the techniques. Its a really spectacular documentary where they recreated the equipment and techniques cave divers were using as early as the 20s in the UK.

People who go out on rescues, tend to have their gear ready to go any moment, because time is critical. It is not at all surprising to me that his gear was in his the truck. That's probably where his gear lives full time. These divers used up a lot of their lifetime allocation of luck that day. Mad respect for the quick actions that saved two of them in literally the nick of time.

This is one of your best rescue videos I’ve ever watched. The timing for all of this to happen is just a Miracle.

Love the show. I’m only open water certified and you guys always make me want to get every certification available. This show will save lives.

This is easily my new favorite channel. I been binge watching these videos like crazy😅

I don’t dive nor will I ever (ive got pretty terrible thalassophobia) but I can’t stop watching your guys’ videos. So interesting and so informative. Hope you continue to grow!

i am not a diver.....but i must tell you both i love your channel! i have learned so much, from watching. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge and experience. Dive safe! Stormy Ont Canada

I’ve heard that story before but seeing that video was edge of the seat type stuff ... great find ... amazing story. Woody talked about a higher power from ancient cave reaction ... this story makes you think ... the amount of things that had to happen for those guys to live is mind blowing. Remove one of those things that happened exactly when they did happen and they all die ... great video

Saw you guys just posted instantly filled with excitement and at a full 40 minutes. Life is good :)

Mercy, what a story !! I truly don’t think that people realize how dangerous cave diving can be - you have to be certified and have the necessary equipment. One thing I do know - you two are going to save lives with these videos !!!! The things I’ve learned … it also makes me realize that I need to get CPR certified. So many heroes 🙏🏼

Open water diver and filmmaker here. Been listening to your videos late into the night while working… I will NEVER enter a cave… until I get the training 😁 thanks for the lessons and the warnings. ❤️ looking forward to cave training

Happened at Otter Spring. The family of the deceased sued the instructor in 2005 claiming that she didn’t convey the dangers of cave diving and didn’t instruct him in cave diving.

Love this channel just found it this week!! I for one wouldn't be able to go back after that incident.

Woody is such a legend. One of those rare people that seem to have some super human sort of skill. Just incredible

I found this channel bc of ur reviews on Mr Ballen's cave diving tragedy videos, and absolutely it. I'm not only not a diver, I have a fear of very deep water, especially the ocean. Luckily I live inland in south Ontario, Canada, in between 2 Great Lakes - Ontario and Erie. They're more than big enough for me for a short boat ride or fishing trip. I used to watch Rescue 911 religiously w my parents and sister when it was on. Amazing show that taught me a lot about safety, situations to avoid danger, and how to respond to certain situations. I ended up working in a nursing home and then w developmentally disabled adults for a group home agency, both required First Aid - CPR certification. That taught me a lot more. Ur definitely right about training taking over. I worked w a wide range of individuals w many different needs. One person had a serious seizure disorder that required we remain calm and take control of the situation. Others had serious behavioral issues which required us to have specialized training in physical intervention including take down and floor restraint.

I always appreaciate seeing and hearing experts of this art

No question, if you give a sign its on you to follow through. 💯 a Hero!!

Came accross your channel whilst I was looking for tips when completing my rescue course and now I'm working through your videos from oldest to newest - I'm hooked! Great content - thanks guys 💛

That went from a horror story to a miracle very unexpectedly quickly. That that particular rescue diver was there and had his gear is incredibly lucky. And that they were both brought out so quickly by that true hero, cause that’s what the definition of a hero is to me, is amazing. Even though only one of them survived that was a great story. I heard of another story where a experienced diver was doing a body recovery down a several hundred metre hole and unfortunately died himself. But when they pulled up his safety line he came up with the dead diver he was attempting to recover. In his last moments he had secured the body to himself.

This is awesome content. Found you guys literally yesterday and I've already gone through a good chunk of your content. Keep up the great work!

This story is AMAZING, I can't believe how lucky all these elements came together and how many things went right. However, the lesson stays the same. This all could've been completely avoided and they all could've come out alive had they just LISTENED to the more experienced diver.

Nightmare fuel right here…and an experienced diver just happened to be there cocked, locked, and ready to rock??? Even my dreams aren’t this ridiculous. Thanks for pausing your life to upload this. This is nuts!

the fact that the first guy stopped breathing from the air pocket probably helped the second guy's chances of coming back from being passed out

love it! nothing left to say. your channel will explode!

Wow! For some reason even just watching cave diving spikes anxiety in me. This woody guy is awesome. Had a hard time finding any info about him with a quick google search tho :-(

My adrenaline is through the roof! Even just from a re-enactment. Cannot imagine the instructor's feeling of helplessness. and the luck with the air bell to give them enough time for a rescue no one even expected. Then you got a legend cave diver, got his superman costume in his truck waiting. What a story. Thanks for sharing

This video was incredible. A side point: I almost imagine it must be worse, having to recognize that if you were to try to help someone you would endanger yourself too much, and in some cases you have to let them drown, or just pray that they find a "safe spot" like in this case until someone properly equipped and trained can arrive. Even if i KNEW it was the right call, I would probably be tortured by it. Also glad you are showcasing these incredible people who don't get the attention they deserve for their skills and heroics.